---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY"
description: "Provides that motor vehicle rental companies be entitled to establish non-liability for toll violations, administrative fees, and fines by providing a rental or lease agreement as prima facie evidence that a lessee was the vehicle operator."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 8586"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8586 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corvese", "DeSimone", "Kazarian", "McEntee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-05-27"
last_action: "2026-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75add2b0-54a6-429a-8904-f58736fc3378"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "425891fb03e785d9d55f58a496d030629a0e7bc204fa2a578e11cb6b501169d9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---

# Rhode Island HB 8586 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY

Provides that motor vehicle rental companies be entitled to establish non-liability for toll violations, administrative fees, and fines by providing a rental or lease agreement as prima facie evidence that a lessee was the vehicle operator.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **8586 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8586A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corvese — primary (person)
- DeSimone — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-05-27** 05/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/02/2026)
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-26** 06/26/2026 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75add2b0-54a6-429a-8904-f58736fc3378`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).